Shutting Down/Turning Off

Ok so i'm a COMPLETE newbie, but i wanted to check something before i go ahead and do it incase i break it

I've just logged out of the graphical interface and shut it down. The terminal has now stopped and it reads "System halted"...I'm assuming its ok to pull out the power cable now(in order to turn it off)?

Sorry again for, what is probably a silly question.

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alexeames wrote:Correct. In fact the current draw increases slightly on shutdown. Once halted you have to pull the plug to power down (or switch if you have one set up).

Actually I pushed an improvement at the weekend where "sudo poweroff" now will try to reduce power.You should see the Network LEDs go off, 10 flashes on OK LED and a low power state.I'd be interested. If someone can measure current on 5V line now.

alexeames wrote:Correct. In fact the current draw increases slightly on shutdown. Once halted you have to pull the plug to power down (or switch if you have one set up).

Actually I pushed an improvement at the weekend where "sudo poweroff" now will try to reduce power.You should see the Network LEDs go off, 10 flashes on OK LED and a low power state.I'd be interested. If someone can measure current on 5V line now.

Is that for both Squeeze and Wheezy? Would a sudo apt-get update pull that one in in wheezy or does it need an rpi-update?Once I get that sorted I can do a measurement

Raspberry Pi does not shut down like the Windows OS does, you have to bear in mind that the Pi runs on a type of Linux OS depending on which one you use (Debian Squeeze, Arch Linux, QtonPi). Windows halts and powers down the physical computer at the same time.

The Pi does not, it needs to be halted AND then shut down by just pulling the power out of the mains of the Pi.

All you have to do is type sudo su while logged into the Pi account or one you have created, and type: halt.

alexeames wrote:Correct. In fact the current draw increases slightly on shutdown. Once halted you have to pull the plug to power down (or switch if you have one set up).

Actually I pushed an improvement at the weekend where "sudo poweroff" now will try to reduce power.You should see the Network LEDs go off, 10 flashes on OK LED and a low power state.I'd be interested. If someone can measure current on 5V line now.